2014 Football Roster

QB

2014: Played in nine games and made six starts at
quarterback, throwing for 1,140 yards with nine touchdowns on the season…Also
had 180 rushing yards and four scores on the ground…Threw for a career-high 295
yards with three touchdowns in the win over Kentucky…Also threw for three
scores against Eastern Kentucky, completing 9-of-11 passes for 164 yards, when
he entered in relief of the injured Treon Harris…Led the team with 59 rushing
yards and a touchdown at Alabama…Also led the team in rushing against LSU, totaling
71 yards on 21 carries…Completed a career-high 31 passes in the season opener
against Eastern Michigan…Earned the President’s Academic Award for his work in
the classroom…2013: Started three games before suffering a season-ending
fracture in his leg…Threw for 477 yards completing 42-of-63 passes in his
limited action…Had career highs of attempts (33), completions (22) and passing
yards (291) at Miami in week two…Suffered the injury in the first half of the
game against Tennessee…Named a captain for the Toledo and Miami games…2012: Started
12 games for the Gators, 11 at quarterback…Completed 156-of-245 passes for
1,646 yards with 12 touchdowns and five interceptions on the year…Also ran 118
times for 408 yards (3.5 avg) on the season with three touchdowns…His 408
rushing yards rank seventh in school history by a quarterback for a single
season…Was second on the team in rushing…Threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to
Frankie Hammond at Tennessee for the longest pass of his career…Had a passer
rating of 195.0 in Knoxville, the highest for a UF quarterback on the road in a
conference game since Tim Tebow had a 202.7 rating at Kentucky in 2007…Was
named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against the
Volunteers…Rushed 11 times for a career-high 177 yards and three touchdowns at
Vanderbilt…The 177 yards rushing is a school record by a Gator quarterback,
surpassing Tim Tebow’s mark of 166 yards at Ole Miss in 2007…Threw for a
career-best four touchdowns against South Carolina and was the only FBS player in
2012 to have four touchdown passes and throw for less than 100 yards in the
same game…Completed a pass to 10 different receivers against Kentucky…In his
first career start at quarterback at Texas A&M, he was 13-of-16 passing for
162 yards and did not turn the ball over…Made his first career start against
Bowling Green, lining up at wide receiver then proceeded to play the rest of
the game at quarterback…Missed the Jacksonville State game due to injury…2011:
Saw action in five games as a true freshman quarterback…Completed 16-of-34
passes for 148 yards to own a 71.86 efficiency rating throughout his freshman
campaign…Went 2-for-6 for 14 yards in the air against Alabama, and added a
31-yard run, the longest rush against the Crimson Tide in 2011…Played the
entire second half at Auburn, throwing a season-long 22 yard pass to Chris
Rainey on the last drive of the game…Made his Gator debut in the season opener
against FAU and his SEC debut against Kentucky…Completed 4-of-6 passes for 42
yards in his first collegiate football game against the Owls for a 92.13
efficiency rating…Enrolled at UF in January of 2011.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:

Maxwell Football Club National High School
Player of the Year…Gatorade Florida Player of the Year…Rated the No. 1
quarterback nationally according to Scout.com and Rivals.com…Threw for a career
4,844 passing yards and 36 touchdowns and helped lead the Huskies to their
first winning season in their fourth year as a varsity program…Had 1,819 yards
and 15 touchdowns passing, 1,333 rushing yards with 20 touchdowns and caught
two touchdown passes his senior year…Threw for 1,427 yards with 11 touchdowns
and ran for 170 yards with five touchdowns his junior year…Participated in the
Under Armour High School All-American Game in 2011…Chose Florida over Alabama,
Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Clemson, among
others…Coached by Nate Gierke.